All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful...

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful...

The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with...

The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with...

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul...

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul...

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

The worst thing in the world, next to anarchy, is government.

The worst thing in the world, next to anarchy, is government.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

Now comes the mystery.

Now comes the mystery.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely...

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely...